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Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys Bitcoin dip with $1.9B purchase

Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys Bitcoin dip with $1.9B purchase

Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought nearly $2 billion of Bitcoin, taking advantage of a recent price dip despite growing market concerns tied to US President Donald Trump’s upcoming tariff announcement. Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has acquired 22,048 Bitcoin (BTC) for $1.92 billion at an average price of approximately $86,969 per Bitcoin. The company now holds over 528,000 […]

Stablecoins, tokenized assets gain as Trump tariffs loom

Stablecoins, tokenized assets gain as Trump tariffs loom

Cryptocurrency investors are increasingly moving capital into stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in a bid to avoid volatility ahead of US President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated tariff announcement on April 2. Increasingly more capital is flowing into stablecoins and the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization sector, which refers to financial products and tangible assets such […]

Crypto funds see $226M of inflows, but asset values slump — CoinShares

Crypto funds see $226M of inflows, but asset values slump — CoinShares

Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued to see modest inflows last week, extending a reversal from a record-breaking streak of outflows. Global crypto ETPs posted another $226 million in inflows in the last trading week, adding to the prior week’s $644 million inflows, CoinShares reported on March 31. Despite the two-week positive trend after a five-week […]

How to file crypto taxes in the US (2024–2025 tax season)

How to file crypto taxes in the US (2024–2025 tax season)

Key takeaways US crypto investors must file their 2024 tax returns by April 15, 2025, ensuring all crypto transactions are accurately reported to the IRS. Crypto held for less than a year is taxed as ordinary income (10%-37%), while holdings over a year qualify for lower capital gains rates (0%, 15%, or 20%). Selling, trading, […]

Trump sons back new Bitcoin mining venture with Hut 8

Trump sons back new Bitcoin mining venture with Hut 8

Several members of US President Donald Trump’s family are backing a new venture to launch what aims to become the world’s largest Bitcoin mining firm. Hut 8, a digital asset mining and infrastructure company, announced on March 31 that it is acquiring a majority stake in American Bitcoin, formerly known as American Data Center. The […]

Coinbase users hit by $46M in suspected phishing scams — ZachXBT

Coinbase users hit by $46M in suspected phishing scams — ZachXBT

Coinbase users may have lost as much as $46 million to suspected phishing scams over the past two weeks as rising crypto prices continue to attract bad actors to the industry. Scams such as address poisoning and wallet spoofing involve tricking victims into sending assets to fraudulent wallet addresses that closely resemble legitimate ones. According […]

Stop pretending technical and human vulnerabilities are separate things

Stop pretending technical and human vulnerabilities are separate things

Opinion by: Andrey Sergeenkov, researcher, analyst and writer Crypto founders love big promises: decentralized finance, banking the unbanked and freedom from intermediaries. Then hacks happen. In some cases, billions vanish overnight.  On Feb. 21, 2025, the North Korean Lazarus Group stole $1.46 billion from Bybit. They sent phishing emails to staff with cold wallet access. […]

Worst Q1 for BTC price since 2018: 5 Things to know in Bitcoin this week

Worst Q1 for BTC price since 2018: 5 Things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin (BTC) limps into the end of Q1 on 13% losses as fresh macroeconomic volatility looms. BTC price action risks a fresh dip below $80,000 as new US trade tariffs weigh on risk-asset sentiment. Crypto traders’ tariff woes focus on April 2, dubbed  “Liberation Day” by President Donald Trump, while gold heads higher. Despite the […]

Typosquatting in crypto, explained: How hackers exploit small mistakes

Typosquatting in crypto, explained: How hackers exploit small mistakes

What is typosquatting in crypto? Typosquatting in crypto involves registering domain names that mimic popular platforms with slight misspellings to deceive users into revealing sensitive information. In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, cryptocurrencies have become a significant form of currency, enabling decentralized and borderless financial transactions. Along with its growing popularity, however, new cyber threats […]

Japan to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products: Report

Japan to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products: Report

Japan’s finance regulator is planning to change the country’s laws to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products as early as 2026, according to the local outlet Nikkei. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to submit a bill to parliament to revise the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as early as next year after having considered the […]

South Korean crypto exchange users hit 16M in ‘saturation point’

South Korean crypto exchange users hit 16M in ‘saturation point’

Crypto exchange users in South Korea have crossed over 16 million after receiving a boost following US President Donald Trump’s election win last November.  Data submitted to representative Cha Gyu-geun of the minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party found over 16 million people had crypto exchange accounts out of a total population of 51.7 million, according […]

California introduces ’Bitcoin rights’ in amended digital assets bill

California introduces ’Bitcoin rights’ in amended digital assets bill

A Californian lawmaker has just added Bitcoin and crypto investor protections to a February-introduced money transmission bill aimed at securing crypto self-custody rights for the US state’s nearly 40 million residents. California’s Assembly Bill 1052 was introduced as the Money Transmission Act on Feb. 20, 2025, but was amended by Democrat and Banking and Finance […]

DeFi protocol SIR.trading loses entire $355K TVL in ‘worst news’ possible

DeFi protocol SIR.trading loses entire $355K TVL in ‘worst news’ possible

Ethereum-based DeFi protocol SIR.trading, also known as Synthetics Implemented Right, has been hacked, resulting in the loss of its entire total value locked (TVL) — $355,000 at the time of the attack.  The March 30 hack was initially detected by blockchain security firms TenArmorAlert and Decurity, both of which posted warnings on X to alert […]

Android malware ‘Crocodilus’ can take over phones to steal crypto

Android malware ‘Crocodilus’ can take over phones to steal crypto

Cybersecurity firm Threat Fabric says it has found a new family of mobile-device malware that can launch a fake overlay for certain apps to trick Android users into providing their crypto seed phrases as it takes over the device. Threat Fabric analysts said in a March 28 report that the Crocodilus malware uses a screen […]

MARA Holdings plans huge $2B stock offering to buy more Bitcoin

MARA Holdings plans huge $2B stock offering to buy more Bitcoin

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings Inc (MARA) is looking to sell up to $2 billion in stock to buy more Bitcoin as part of a plan that bears a resemblance to Michael Saylor’s Strategy. MARA Holdings, formerly Marathon Digital, said in a March 28 Form 8-K and prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that […]

Bitcoin falls to $81.5K as US stock futures sell-off in advance of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Bitcoin falls to $81.5K as US stock futures sell-off in advance of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Bitcoin looks set for a bearish open to mark the last trading day of March and possibly the weakest Q1 performance since 2018.  Crypto and stock traders’ anxiety over US President Donald Trump’s fresh wave of 25% tariffs on cars imported to the US, the threat of tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry is clearly reflected […]

One in four S&P 500 firms will hold Bitcoin by 2030: Crypto advisory

One in four S&P 500 firms will hold Bitcoin by 2030: Crypto advisory

Around a quarter of firms listed on the S&P 500 would have invested in Bitcoin by 2030, with treasury managers fearing they could lose their jobs if they missed out on potential Bitcoin gains, a partner at a tech-focused financial advisory firm said. “I anticipate that by 2030, a quarter of the S&P 500 will […]

Bitcoin bottom ‘likely’ at $80K, opening door for TON, CRO, MNT and RENDER to rally

Bitcoin bottom ‘likely’ at $80K, opening door for TON, CRO, MNT and RENDER to rally

Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are trying to start a recovery but selling at higher levels continues to disarm each attack of the range highs. Veteran trader Peter Brandt said in a post on X that Bitcoin has broken down from a bear wedge pattern, giving it a target objective of $65,635. The current macroeconomic environment and […]

Centralization and the dark side of asset tokenization — MEXC exec

Centralization and the dark side of asset tokenization — MEXC exec

Tracy Jin, the chief operating officer at the MEXC crypto exchange, warns that tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) carries a substantial amount of centralized risks that can lead to censorship, liquidity issues, legal uncertainty, cybersecurity problems, and asset confiscation through state or third-party intermediaries. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the executive said that as long as […]

Binance debuts centralized exchange to decentralized exchange trades

Binance debuts centralized exchange to decentralized exchange trades

Crypto exchange Binance has debuted centralized exchange (CEX) to decentralized exchange trades (DEX), allowing customers to use funds from their Binance wallets to execute DEX trades — eliminating the need for asset bridging or manual transfers. According to the exchange, customers can use Circle’s USDC (USDC) and other supported stablecoins to acquire tokens on the […]